My Birthday and Surprise!

Well, my Birthday was this last week and it was great! Darrin worked from home the first half of the day to be with me and took the rest of the day off! Do I have the best husband EVER or what?!? That meant so much to me! I walked out the door to go meet my Mom for breakfast when at my front door were flowers and chocolate from a dear friend, Mary, in my ward-what an amazing way to start out the day! My Mom and I had a lot of fun. Then, I went to playgroup with Parker and to my surprise when I walked in the door they had a cupcake with a candle in it and sang me Happy Birthday! After playgroup Darrin's Mom watched Parker while Darrin and I got to go see "The Help" (I LOVE my mother in law!-Thank you!) I have been wanting to see "The Help" since I read the book and heard it was coming to movie-it was FANTASTIC! If you haven't see it-go now (don't stop reading yet though-news is down the line...) After the movie we picked up Parker and had dinner at Ruth's Diner. It was lovely. For my bday Darrin got me a certificate to go get a Shellac Manicure (which I asked for) and he also surprised me with a 2 night getaway in a Park City Suite in October-booked and everything-I CANNOT WAIT!!!
Then, later in the week Pattyanne took me to lunch at Costa Vita (first timer there-yum!) and Marta took me to breakfast at Eggs in the City (YUM YUM YUM!!) and then Marta and I did some DI shoppin' afterwards and had a blast! Marta made the most thoughful card for me that I may have ever gotten. She had written up 23 memories with her and me!!! I loved every second of memory lane!
And THEN, this weekend my Bro and Sis in Law had us over for dinner they made for my bday and my FAVORITE for dessert=FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE...oh my flipping goodness...I dream about that stuff...
So needless to say, my 23rd Bday was pretty much a hit and I love all my family and friends who helped make it special!

Here are some pics (also-keep reading...)

The mysterious envelope that was my gift from Darrin, wrapped in envelope after envelope after envelope after envelope...

After seeing "The Help"-Super good!

Dinner at Ruth's Diner:





Breakfast with Marta-I had Nutella Crepes and she had steel cut oatmeal. mmmm.....

Brady and Melissa's house for my Bday Dinner


Out to breakfast with my Mom:

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Ok, so now that I've talked about my special week last week, onto a surprise. Check this out:





Catch my drift?....

I'm EXPECTING again! It was quite the little surprise. There's a story to go with it but lets just say it hapened VERY quickly, much quicker than expected. BUT someone obviously is anxious to come join our little family and we're excited! I'm 10 1/2 weeks along, due April 5th, and have been in for 2 ultrasounds. Both look great. It's the coolest thing to see the progress of how much this baby has grown. In the picture above (the ultrasound) the picture on the left is 6 weeks along and picture on the right is 10 weeks. Wow-how they grow. And how AMAZING it is to get to see the baby's little heart beating on screen! Parker and baby 2 will be 22 months apart, tough I am sure it will be, but I believe that everything happens for a reason and that things will work out! I'm so grateful to be in the process of becoming a Mommy again!